Risk Taking Behaviour in MSM and the Denial of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV (MSM HIV)

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: MSM; Risky Behaviors; HIV Infections

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01279005

0425-10CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Four focus groups , each of 10-15 males, ages 20-50 years old, MSM will be conducted by a medical sociologist. Two groups will be HIV negative participants and two groups of HIV positive MSM. Every group will meet for two hours. The focus group will be recorded and the collected data will be processed further for evaluation and extraction of the relevant information.

The volunteers will sign an inform consent prior to entrance to the study.

Full description

The questions that will be discussed during the focus groups: The first sexual contact with a male, what is risk, risk taking behavior, control over your daily life, self esteem and evaluation, risk denial.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 20-50
• MSM, willing to participate
• Agree to sign an inform consent

Exclusion criteria

• No exclusion criteria

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

20-50 YEARS OLD MSM